sheepdog
or sheep dog
[sheep-dawg, -dog]
Origin of sheepdog
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Contemporary Examples
Grossman has a name for the kind of person who sees the gun as protector in the opening thought experiment: sheepdog.
But Grossman would say that all I am doing is leaving the sheepdog burden for others, that I am choosing to live in denial.
The mop-haired pup, Beast, is a type of Hungarian sheepdog and frequently posts pictures and insight into his family life.
Historical Examples
Like all good lurchers, she is bred between the greyhound and sheepdog.
Poachers and PoachingJohn Watson
I came home about five or six o'clock and found the family at Treff Loyne laughing at old Tiger, the sheepdog.
The TerrorArthur Machen
I have had, maybe, a dozen dogs in all, the best being the result of a pure cross between greyhound and sheepdog.
The Confessions of a PoacherAnonymous
To this class belong most of the useful dogs, such as the spaniel, the setter, the pointer and the sheepdog.
She works her way out like a sheepdog working his way out of a flock of sheep, or like a boat through pack-ice.
Sea and SardiniaD. H. Lawrence
sheepdog
- Also called: shepherd dog a dog used for herding sheepSee Border collie
- any of various breeds of dog reared originally for herding sheepSee Old English sheepdog, Shetland sheepdog
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